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In far cry from usual textualism, court rejects veteran’s attempt to reopen a benefits denial based on legal error

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Share On Wednesday, the Supreme Court ruled 6-3 that a VA benefits decision that was based on an agency regulation in effect at the time the decision was rendered does not constitute “clear and unmistakable error” even if the agency regulation is later deemed to conflict with the text of the relevant benefits statute.

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SCOTUS Clarifies Reach of FAA Exemption for Transportation Workers

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To purchase those rights, they entered into contracts with Flowers that require any disputes to be arbitrated under the FAA. Pursuant to the FAA, arbitration agreements are “valid, irrevocable, and enforceable, save upon such grounds as exist at law or in equity for the revocation of any contract.”

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Are Alaska Native corporations Indian tribes? A multimillion-dollar question

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Today, the regional ANCs in particular are among the most important companies in Alaska, with billions in revenue from energy development, tourism and government contracting. ANCSA left unsettled, however, the status of Alaskan Native governments.

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Praxis des Internationalen Privat- und Verfahrensrechts (IPRax) 5/2022: Abstracts

Conflict of Laws

Prior to the Rome Regulations, the conflict-of-law judgments on those “contracts with protective effect in favour of third parties” differed between German and Austrian courts. It points out that the Regulation Rome I covers only obligations that would not exist without the contract.

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July 2017 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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Circuit also rejected EPA’s argument that the court did not have authority to review stays issued under Section 307(d)(7)(D) of the Clean Air Act. The Second Circuit said the Connecticut statutes authorizing the solicitations did not compel utilities to enter into contracts with specific bidders. CLIMATE LITIGATION CHART.

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Federal Court Rules In Favor Of Journalist Contesting Georgia’s Anti-BDS Law

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This week, a court in Georgia became the latest to declare such laws unconstitutional. The case was brought by journalist Abby Martin who was denied a contract as a keynote speaker at Georgia Southern University due to her support of the BDS movement. ” She was then denied the contract. In NAACP v. Claiborne Hardware Co.

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Six cases to look out for

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Coverage of federal fraud statutes Porat v. Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit affirmed his conviction. Similarly, to permit them to do public works projects in the Philadelphia area, Stamatios Kousisis and his company, Alpha Painting & Construction Co., This week’s relists are a real grab bag of issues. Kentucky ex rel.